Table 1 SI incidents and reporting rates among HCWs.
From: A large-scale survey on sharp injuries among hospital-based healthcare workers in China
HCW group | Number surveyed | Number of HCW declared SIs | SI incidents | Reported SI incidents | SI rate, % of HCWs 2 | SI rate, 1,000 HCWs per month | SI rate, 100 occupied beds per month | Reporting rate (%) 4 | Source patients being identified, cases (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doctors | 58,766 | 3,223 | 4,239 | 170 | 5.5 | 72.1 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 3,375 (79.6) |
Nurses | 98,118 | 7,642 | 10,195 | 446 | 7.8 | 103.9 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 7,568 (74.2) |
Technicians | 9,936 | 328 | 418 | 13 | 3.3 | 42.1 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 293 (70.1) |
Logistic workers 1 | 15,118 | 575 | 854 | 50 | 3.8 | 56.5 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 380 (44.5) |
Trainees | 14,523 | 1,113 | 1,480 | 15 | 7.7 | 101.9 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 1,089 (73.6) |
Others 3 | 10,250 | 229 | 320 | 11 | 2.2 | 31.2 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 151 (47.2) |
Total | 206,711 | 13,110 | 17,506 | 805 | 6.3 | 84.7 | 10.1 | 4.6 | 12,856 (73.4) |
